More than 500 women were killed between 1993 and 2011 in Ciudad Juárez, a city in northern Mexico. [1][2] The murders of women and girls received international attention primarily due to perceived government inaction in preventing the violence and bringing perpetrators to justice. [3]

Dec 2, 2022 · Thirty years ago, the bodies of two girls were found in the city. It was the beginning of a gruesome series of more than 2,300 murders of women so far.

Jan 30, 2002 · Hundreds of young women have disappeared from the Mexican border city since 1993 — many of them teenagers who came to Juarez to work in the town's foreign-owned factories, known as "maquilladoras." The official toll is 260 women killed since 1993, but local women's groups believe the actual number is more than 400.

Oct 13, 2022 · From 1993 to 2003, more than three hundred young women were brutally murdered in Ciudad Juárez, across the Rio Grande from El Paso.

Mar 9, 2024 · JUÁREZ, Mexico — Julieta Castillo sighed and gave a grim smile as the chilling chants receded down Avenida Juárez toward the cathedral. She brushed her hands against …

Local activists have started to fight back against gender-based violence in Mexico's deadliest city for women. But they face significant barriers.

Mar 8, 2020 · Femicide — violence against women because they are women — transcends borders. Through reporting, photography, film and poetry, immerse yourself in the stories of the resilient women of...

Feb 22, 2003 · Just this week, the bodies of four more women were found half buried in the desert on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The grim discovery brings to nearly 100 the number of young women...

Jul 1, 2024 · Referring to the victims of Juárez’s feminicidio exclusively as “women” is evidence of an adultification bias against migrant Latina girls, which erodes the identity of child victims and mischaracterises the offences against them.

Mar 8, 2023 · JUÁREZ ‒ Grieving mothers walked early Wednesday morning to the southern bank of the Rio Grande in Juárez to demand justice for their daughters who were murdered as …